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I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.

Alan Kay
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I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me.

Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

Edsger Dijkstra
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

Edsger Dijkstra
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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Edsger Dijkstra
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The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

Edsger Dijkstra
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Edsger Dijkstra
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It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

Edsger Dijkstra
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.

Edsger W. Dijkstra
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